Your environment

• Charity lends helping hand for annual student move-out

  5 June 2024

  2 minute read

  STUDENTS preparing to move out of their term-time homes for the summer are being given a helping hand to donate items they no longer want and do their bit for charity.

• Free event to celebrate work of urban nature project

  16 May 2024

  1 minute read

  A CITYWIDE project that aims to bring nature back to school grounds will be holding a celebration event later this month.

• Plot ideas to help nature on interactive map

  15 May 2024

  1 minute read

  People are being urged to have their say on how best to protect and improve nature as the deadline for two surveys approaches.

• Stroll into spring with this year’s Walk Leicester Festival

  30 April 2024

  2 minute read

  A MONTH-long festival to encourage more people to enjoy the great outdoors and explore their local area on foot, gets underway this week.

• New online guide offers ideas and advice on cutting carbon

  25 April 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW online guide to actions people can take to help Leicester in its response to the climate emergency is now available.

• Have your say to help make space for nature

  10 April 2024

  1 minute read

  City residents are being asked to help shape an ambitious new nature strategy for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

• Leicester’s network of Tiny Forests continues to grow

  15 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S network of Tiny Forests is continuing to grow thanks to a partnership between the city council and a leading environmental charity.

• City’s new grassland plan wins national award for innovation

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A NEW plan to manage Leicester’s urban green spaces in ways that benefit the environment and help nature thrive has won a national award for innovation.

• Funding secured for natural flood management scheme

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is to receive £834,000 of Government cash to help tackle flood risk using nature-based solutions. 

• Netball players team up to plant trees

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MEMBERS of a local netball team have joined Leicester City Council’s environmental rangers to plant dozens of small trees.

• Have your say on new climate emergency action plan

  19 January 2024

  3 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the next phase in Leicester’s aim to become a net zero and climate-ready city.

• Waste collection changes in city over Christmas period

  7 December 2023

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be making changes to its regular waste and recycling collection days due the Christmas bank holidays.